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The war continued on until 1798 (two years). The war resulted in a stalemate. Former director Eleazar Henryckszoon was exiled to Great Britain. Great Britain was forced to withdraw from the Autumn war due to the outbreak of the War of the Second Coalition back in Europe.
===Constitutional Monarchy of New Netherland (1796)===
With Great Britain out of mind, and the Dutch
Jacobus Cornelisz, one of the intellectuals of New Amsterdam, had drafted a constitution and proposed it to Claes van Beeke. In this constitution, known as the Patroon’s Constitution, New Netherland would be ruled by a monarch, particularly a stadtholder, who bore the title of Prince, elected by an assembly of patroons called the .
In this government, the Stadtholder would control the military.
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